The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are Highlight

Sean Vitka, executive director of Demand Progress, a privacy group that has lobbied Congress to rein in the data trade, tells WIRED that the House passed significant legislation two years ago that would have barred the government from subsidizing the industry, only for a handful of surveillance-minded lawmakers in both parties to block it—and for Senate leadership to decline to bring it to a vote, even after the last election.